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"Boulder to Birmingham" is a song written by Emmylou Harris and Bill Danoff which first appeared on Harris's 1975 album Pieces of the Sky. It has served as something of a signature tune for the artist and recounts her feelings of grief in the years following the death of country rock star and mentor Gram Parsons. Early in her career, Harris toured with Gram Parsons and sang on his two solo albums.Emmylou Harris and The Nash Ramblers — "Boulder To Birmingham" (Live)

This is a hard to find old recording on Vinyl of a band I first heard at a Ren Faire in the late 1980s, it's become one of my favorite albums.00:00 Bonny at Morn04:40 Walls of LisCarroll06:44 The Blacksmith09:30 Blackbird14:36 Three Polkas18:05 Hogan's Alley21:35 Restless Waters27:15 Scarce O'Taties29:15 Jock O'Hazeldean33:40 Rights of Man37:15 Irish Ways and Irish Laws42:00 A Cry for PeacePendragon - Music in the Celtic Tradition | 43:25Shiny Shadows | 71 subscribers | 1,683 views | July 13, 2023

Emmylou Harris - C’est la Vie (The Old Grey Whistle Test Show - Dec 4, 1977)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6UEVC_-gXc Below, more from that '77 concert...“Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band - At The Television Theatre in London in 1977, recorded for «The Old Grey WHISTLE TEST» With Bob Harris at BBC.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpNMrugveLE

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Emmylou Harris celebrated her birthday last week. In the world of the Cosmic American Music, attention must be paid. Skipping over great swaths of her career, I thought I might take the occasion as an excuse to revisit her story along with a few of the videos that reflect her artistry. She is, to say the least, still going strong. In the time of the great hunkering down, this may be a pause that refreshes. That is certainly my intention. I’m a latecomer to Emmylou’s artistry. I discovered her indirectly through my love for the music of the the Byrds....

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Duke University president Richard Brodhead, who abandoned his own students and took the word of a prostitute before knowing the facts in the infamous Duke Lacrosse case, has served as co- chairman of an allegedly bipartisan group convened by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to investigate the value of the humanities in the college curriculum. Members of the quango included filmmakers Ken Burns and George Lucas, musicians Yo-Yo Ma and Emmylou Harris, actor John Lithgow and retired Supreme Court justice David Souter -- an odd assortment to be called on to interpret academic trends. Said Brodhead in a...

Never mind that country music is considered bedrock conservative, the unofficial red-state soundtrack. This year, some of country's most famous names are singing in movies with gay and transsexual themes. Dolly Parton received an Oscar nomination for "Travelin' Thru," a song she wrote and sang for "Transamerica," while Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris are heard on the Oscar frontrunner "Brokeback Mountain." Nelson, always an iconoclast in his music and politics, even released a gay cowboy song on Valentine's Day, "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)." But don't expect a wave of gay love songs to sweep across the...

Some in Nashville's music industry are getting political. A group called Music Row Democrats invited former attorney general Janet Reno to Nashville. They hope to have an impact on the race for the White House. Democrats in Nashville's music industry have banded together and are getting involved in the election. They call themselves Music Row Democrats. On Friday, they met to see former Attorney General Janet Reno. She was introduced by her sister, and she spoke to several hundred at the Belcourt Theater. Earlier she attended a fund raiser for Music Row Democrats. Several executives on Music Row started the...